(12-06-2017, 11:09 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(12-06-2017, 10:45 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: Well I think obviously Cousins is the better QB.

If we're talking what to do for our franchise as in pay Cousins $30mil or pay Blake under $20 and draft someone like Baker, well that's a much harder decision.

Where does the 30 mil come from?  So you think he will be the highest paid QB in history by a large margin?  Stafford just signed the richest at 27 per year.  I think Cousins gets 24- 25 mil a year and I would much rather pay him that than Bortles 19.

I was just using a round number higher than the current top contract. Seems to be a common theme among the talking heads that Cousins will command the biggest contract this off-season. It's just the nature of FA, guys get overpaid. If Stafford got $27 from his current team, it's not far fetched Cousins will hit $30 in FA.

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(12-06-2017, 10:50 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(12-06-2017, 10:45 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: Well I think obviously Cousins is the better QB.

If we're talking what to do for our franchise as in pay Cousins $30mil or pay Blake under $20 and draft someone like Baker, well that's a much harder decision.

Not for me. Cousins although better than Bortles, is still a slightly above average QB. Do you really wanna pay a fortune to a QB who is likely outside of the top 10 QB's in the NFL, knowing that it will likely cause a domino effect where we'll have to cut loose some of our defensive stars in order to stay under the salary cap? I say no. I'd much rather sign a decent free agent QB to a short term $12-14 million deal and draft our QB of the future. That way we can upgrade the QB position and keep our defense prime.

I tend to take this view as well. I'm on record saying I'd rather keep Blake and draft Mayfield than drop that money at this point.

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